A friend sent me a message on Facebook recently and made mention of “drunk dialing”. I don’t think this friend understands the term but I realize the problem. You see, this term is outmoded and should have been removed from our vernacular. It represents a technology that is no longer being used.
Let me explain. Telephone calls used to be made with a rotary dial. This is unfamiliar to anyone born after 1990 because push button phones were introduced in the 1980s. But to illustrate the problem, let me tell you a story, from 1984.
I was partying with my softball team from work. I remember getting drunk one night (after my fifth beer) and I tried to call a friend to let me sleep it off at his place. My fingers kept missing the fingerholes in the dial. But even when I got them in the dial, it was the wrong numbers. Instead of reaching my friend, I called Kentucky Fried Chicken. That was a colorful conversation (“What do you mean he’s not there?”).
Nowadays, it's different with preset speed dial options and push-buttons. "Drunk dial" just isn't as funny anymore. In fact, it's harder.
When was the last time you dialed a wrong number? See?
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